FOOTBALL legend Harry Redknapp’s wife has been taken into hospital – where she is watching the racing with her hubby, a racing commentator said.
Matt Chapman wished Sandra well during last night’s horseracing coverage on ITV4.
Harry Redknapp and Sandra on This Morning in 2019Rex Features
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It is not yet known why she was taken to hospital or how serious it is.
The news came when Matt was speaking from Great Yarmouth Racecourse about the horse King of Bears, owned by Harry Redknapp, who is 78.
He said: “So, King of Bears, just to say Harry Redknapp will be watching this horse from his hospital bed, but not his bed, his missus Sandra is just being treated in hospital at the moment.
“Sandra, if you’re listening in – I think she wanted to watch Emmerdale, but Harry’s making her watch this race.”
Sandra has been married to the former football manager for 57 years now.
The pair were just 17 when they got together, and just three weeks ago on their anniversary he said: “Where does the time go? I would be lost without you Sandra.”
Harry and Sandra, both 78, literally wrote the book on marriage, publishing: “When Harry Met Sandra: Our Story” in 2022.
With a date in the Two Puddings pub in East London in 1963, they soon married and had two children, Mark and Jamie, and grandchildren.
Their relationship hit the public eye when Harry’s adoration for his wife was seen shortly before he won I’m A Celebrity.
On This Morning, revealing the secrets to a happy marriage, Harry said in 2022: “You meet somebody, and you fall in love, and we just never fell out of love.
“We just have a great time together and we love each other’s company.”
Matt added last night: “I really hope King of Bears runs well.
“He’s a character. He could win it, he could finish last, but he gives Jack Doughty a big chance for [trainer] George Scott.”
However in the end, the King of Bears didn’t win the race. Instead the 7/1 shot placed sixth.
It comes after Redknapp was left stunned after a 50ft trimaran slammed into the garden of his brand new Sandbanks mansion.
The £250,000 triple hulled racing boat was swept into the north shore of Millionaire’s Row in strong winds.
The four crew members were able to safely step off but the boat – Three Cheers – got wedged under the pontoon.
Poole lifeboat and coastguard were called out to assist but the crew ended up calling a local recovery company to remove the boat.
Harry and Sandra Redknapp‘s new Italianate villa has been built on the Sandbanks waterfront.
The couple paid £7m for a 60-year-old house that stood on the plot before demolishing it and building the dream home in its place.
Luxury properties on the edges of the peninsula have gardens running down to the water and private jetties with direct access to Poole Harbour.
Last week, it was reported that Redknapp is on the brink of signing for I’m A Celebrity All Stars.
The popular former Spurs boss, 78, is set for another monster pay day after reportedly earning £500,000 on 2018’s main series.
Gemma Collins is also on the verge of landing a mega-deal — reputed to be over £150,000 — to appear in the South Africa-based series, despite quitting 2014’s main show after just three days.
All Stars will be filmed this autumn and go out in the New Year.
A source said: “It’s going to be a real coup.
“Harry is TV gold and was first on the list of wannabe celebrity contestants.”
Harry’s fee will have to go some to match Coleen Rooney (2024) and Nigel Farage (2023), who were said to have each earned £1.5million by appearing on the main series.
In 2016, Redknapp confessed he smashed his wife’s ankle by running over her in his Range Rover.
Witnesses to the mishap that landed Sandra in hospital said her foot got trapped in a door as he drove off.
But as the ex-footie boss fetched her home following surgery, he revealed that he had misjudged how far she had crossed a road after dropping her at shops.
Embarrassed Redknapp said: “I thought she’d crossed.
“As I went to drive off, I drove over her ankle, basically. She fell head first into the road. It has made a mess of her ankle.”
Matt Chapman at Cheltenham working for ITVRex Features
Harry had viewers in bits in 2018 as he told how being wed to wife Sandra was like ‘winning the lottery’Rex Features
Who is Harry Redknapp’s wife Sandra and do they have children?
Born Sandra Harris, she first met her future husband at the age of 17 at a local pub, when Harry Redknapp was also just 17.
The couple tied the knot on June 30, 1968 at Barking Abbey church and since then she has been by Harry’s side supporting him with his successful football career both on and off the pitch.
After they met at the pub, the couple tied the knot four years later in 1967.
Harry Redknapp has stated during his time in the jungle that he has never ironed his own shirt, cooked or cleaned for himself through their marriage.
The former football manager revealed that he has never had a row with his better half – but has accidentally ran over her foot in the past.
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